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"David Syratt" <syratt@midcoast.com.au> writes:

> I have just re-compiled my Kernel and now have "Unresolved Symbols in
> Module" messages on the screen during the boot process. The Kernel mods I
> changed work Ok - network Card etc.
> 
>  I did not select any Modules in the Make Config settings. The manual says
> about doing a Make Modules etc after compiling but the version Redhat 4
> does not understand that. O ri do not know what I am doing, more like it.
> So what am I doing wrong or missed out in the re-compile.
>  
> I did the basic steps - Make config - Make dep - Make clean - Make zImage.

I am not sure why you don't want modules.  Generally it is a good idea
to have modules for anything that you don't use all the time,
e.g. PPP.  Another reason is that without modules, the kernel can
become so big that it becomes un-bootable (or at least difficult to boot).

Module support is almost transparent if you use ``kerneld'' to
automagically load and unload them.

If you are serious about not having modules, check that you disabled
support for loadable modules.  Also, there may be entries in some of
your start-up files that try to load modules.
cd to ``/etc/rc.d'' and do a ``grep insmod * '' and ``grep modprobe * ''.

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Manfred Bartz <mbartz@werple.net.au>
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